Stigmabase | North America

Criminalization Of LGBT & HIV Positive Americans  - The Center for American Progress's FIRE Initiative released a report on the criminal justice system's unfair targeting of LGBT people and people living ...

After accusation of same-sex marriage support, Indonesian political parties rush to criminalize LGBT - Since then, anti- LGBT forces have focused on lobbying political parties to support passing an updated version of the KUHP, including the criminalization of same sex relations. A shocking falsehood told by the chairman of the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR), Zulkifli Hasan, over the weekend may ...

Believers Must Fight for Gay Teens  - Nowhere is this need more evident than in the systematic criminalization of LGBT people (especially LGBT youth) and people living with HIV infection.

New Orleans LGBT Youth Of Color with BreakOUT! Declare “We Deserve Better”  - BreakOUT! is a youth-founded, youth-led, organization seeking to end the criminalization of LGBTQ youth in New Orleans, in order to build a safer and ...

LGBT and human rights groups call for the end of detention and deportation of LGBTQ migrant ...  - Often, LGBTQ immigrants come to the U.S. seeking a safe haven from structural violence, criminalization, persecution and discrimination in their home ...

UN delivers first ever report on LGBT globally : The first ever United Nations report on the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender ( LGBT ) people details how around the world people are killed or endure hate-motivated violence, torture, detention, criminalization and discrimination in ... Bikya Masr